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Zand plans to be the first fully independent digital bank in the UAE, with a remit to service both retail and corporate customers.

Visa has agreed to acquire Swedish financial technology start-up Tink for 1.8 billion euros ($2.1 billion).

The Bank of England on Thursday kept its monetary policy unchanged, but vowed to monitor rising inflation as the U.K. economy emerges from its Covid-induced slump.

German industrial giant Siemens has presented a new growth strategy in which it said it will focus on developing and advancing its digital technology business.

The upcoming election in Germany could hinder further integration in the euro area.

JPMorgan is taking a more gradual approach to vaccine enforcement than smaller rival Morgan Stanley.

The idea is for the ship, which will also have two rotor sails, to carry grain and gravel.

In 2012, British designer Thomas Heatherwick found himself having dinner with Google co-founder Larry Page at the billionaire's house in California.

Singapore said Thursday that some permanent residents and long-term pass holders can begin booking appointments on July 2.

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he will only publicly list satellite broadband service Starlink when its cash flow is more predictable.

Pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily printed its last edition on Thursday, and its digital content was no longer accessible as of 11:59 pm local time Wednesday.

In the equities market, Credit Suisse said it prefers exposure to cyclical sectors such as financials and materials.

Overnight stateside, the S&P 500 slipped 0.11% to 4,241.84, ending a two-day winning streak.

Tokyo Paralympics allow businesses to embrace a vastly underrepresented segment of the workforce and aid global coronavirus recovery, experts said.

Even before the coronavirus pandemic, a 2017 World Health Organization report noted Japan was facing a "critical shortage of doctors."

Asia will likely be last out of the pandemic because of low vaccination rates, said Todd Handcock of Collinson Group, a travel services firm.

A CDC panel said there isn't enough data yet to support recommending Covid booster shots to the general population but that more-vulnerable people may need it.

Masayoshi Son, the CEO of Japanese tech conglomerate SoftBank, said to shareholders on Wednesday that he wants to be viewed as a 21st century Rothschild.

Antivirus software company founder John McAfee was found dead in a Spanish jail Wednesday after a court approved his extradition to the United States.

Apple Daily has come under increasing pressure since its owner, Beijing critic Jimmy Lai, was arrested under the national security law.